#892 - two poems involving Peggy the python

 

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two poems involving Peggy the python

 

 

full house

 

though we hide the moon

it is with us

 

wobbly down stairs to see

last star dazzle – a planet too

much warmer

despite dark between

 

the fire all night

takes up mind’s eye

 

back under covers

dust of that bone

go back to dreaming

the fire

 

hunting under tin

I hear

 

ecstasy

of bats, of mice

the python in our wall

laconic

 

moon was earthly once till torn

it’s of the same bone

 

all the bright lit

hours till dawn

 

creatures out

half waking

wonder

 

how to wear the day

 

 

 

time and the python

 

day reflects

 

we hunt into the wall

moon’s stuck there still

 

laze all couch

digesting sun

 

come out

as we say

at the top of the clock

 

our python

keeps its own time